| Ⅰ.Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| 1.Background of the study | 第9-12页 |
| ·The goal of language learning | 第9页 |
| ·The present situation of teaching and learning speaking in China | 第9-12页 |
| Ⅱ.Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| 1.An overview of CLT | 第12-15页 |
| ·The conception of CLT | 第12-14页 |
| ·Four characteristics of CLT | 第14页 |
| ·Characteristics of communicative competence | 第14-15页 |
| 2.The nature and characteristics of speaking | 第15-19页 |
| ·Speaking as a productive skill | 第16-17页 |
| ·Speaking abilities | 第17-19页 |
| 3.Application of CLT in Teaching Speaking | 第19-24页 |
| ·Communicative activities | 第19-22页 |
| ·Role play activities | 第20-21页 |
| ·Information gap activities | 第21-22页 |
| ·Questionnaires and surveys | 第22页 |
| ·The EAS Model of Conducting Communicative Activities | 第22-24页 |
| Ⅲ.An Experiment on Employing CLT in Teaching Speaking in Junior High School | 第24-37页 |
| 1.Purpose of the experiment | 第24页 |
| 2.Subjects | 第24-25页 |
| 3.Instruments of the experiment | 第25-27页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第25-26页 |
| ·Tests | 第26页 |
| ·Chservation | 第26-27页 |
| 4.Procedures | 第27-37页 |
| ·Design and selection of Communicative Activities | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Organization of Communicative Activities in EAS Model—A Sample Activity | 第31-37页 |
| ·Stage one Engage | 第31-33页 |
| ·Stage Two: Activate | 第33-35页 |
| ·Stage Three: Study | 第35-37页 |
| Ⅳ.Findings and Discussion | 第37-47页 |
| 1.Findings from the questionnaires | 第38-39页 |
| 2.Findings from the pre-test and the post-test | 第39-40页 |
| 3.Findings from the observation | 第40-43页 |
| 4.Discussion | 第43-47页 |
| ·Advantages of using communicative activities | 第43-44页 |
| ·Application of the EAS Model in speaking class | 第44-45页 |
| ·Students' and Teachers' roles in the EAS Model | 第44-45页 |
| ·Learners' roles | 第44-45页 |
| ·Teachers' roles | 第45页 |
| ·Integration of other skills in the model | 第45-46页 |
| ·The principles for communicative language teaching | 第46-47页 |
| Ⅴ.Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| 1.Major findings of the experiment | 第47-48页 |
| 2.Limitation of the research | 第48页 |
| 3.Recommendations for future research | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Appendixes | 第53-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ.Pre-questionnaire: What Activities do you always do in your speaking class? | 第53页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Post-questionnaire: Activities you like to do in class | 第53-54页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Pre-test—A Role-play | 第54-55页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ: Rating Sheet | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ: Post-test: A Role-play | 第56页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ: Observation Form | 第56-57页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ: Unit One Lesson Two The Lost Books | 第57页 |
| Appendix Ⅷ: Unit Three Make Our World More Beautiful | 第57-59页 |
| Ackowledgements | 第59页 |
